مجموعة ٦/ ٩ "تقارير جدة يناير ١٩٣١ -" [ظ‎‎٢‎٨‎٢] (٨٠٢/٥٦٥)

Chapter IV.— Miscellaneous.
26. The French sloop Diana, with Vice-Admiral Jubert on board, visited
Jedda on the 31st January and left on the 2nd February.
27. Lady Evelyn Cobbold, a rich and well-connected widow of 65, a mighty,*^
huntress, and a Moslem since the age of 8, though a pretty lax one, arrived in
Jedda on the 26th February to stay with Mr. and Mrs. Philby. She apparently
left London with some hope of being received by Ibn Saud, and also with some
idea of visiting Mecca. She is not likely to achieve the former object, but may
get to Mecca.
28. The Saudi wireless station at Qunfida has been transferred to Lith, and
has been replaced by an installation working on a wave-length of 1,100 metres.
29. The efforts of the Legation to interest the Saudi Government in
combating locusts (paragraph 347 of last year’s reports) bore further fruit on the
17th February, when an undated but apparently recent report on locusts seen
at Wejh was forwarded to the Legation, giving details somewhat on the lines of
those asked for and accompanied by two tins of very neatly packed specimens.
30. The principal arrivals of pilgrims in February were as follows :—
3.979 from Bombay and Karachi, of whom 2,638 were British Indians;
314 from Batavia and Singapore, of whom 101 were British
Malayans; and
108 from Tangier, all Moors; a total of
4,401 pilgrims.
31. The position in regard to the manumission of slaves was as follows :—
On hand at the beginning of the month : Nil.
Took refuge in February: 2 males, 1 female.
Manumitted and repatriated : 1 male.
Locally manumitted : Nil.
On hand at the end of the month : 1 male, 1 female.